Roof for sheds, railway stations, terminals, and the like



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. o. BORGUET ET AL ROOF FOR SHEDS, RAILWAY STATIONS, TERMINALS AND THE LIKE Elsi Filed Dec. 5. 1923 Ell J15 F T I" ,E Lvenfar-n fiofave Barr 0 an] mzurz aezaryu r) WJMW i l-Patented lice. 233,

STATS OCTAVE BORGUET AND MAURICE BORGUET, OF BRAIll-LE-COMTE, BELGIUDI.

Application filed December 5, 1923. Serial No. 678,642.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we. OCTAVE BoRoUn'r and MAURICE Bonoon'r, subjects of the Kingdom of Belgium, residing at Braim-le-Comte, Belgium, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boots for Sheds, Railway Stations, Terminals, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to economical roofs for sheds, and particularly to roofs for train sheds as employed at railway stations, terminals and the like; and the object thereof is to provide means for gases, vapors and smoke to pass outwards into the open air while at the same time preventing rain or snow from passing therethrough into the shed.

The train sheds ordinarily constructed are of great height in order to permit the diffusion of smoke, so that they are consequently expensive in installation and maintenance, because of the corroding action of the smoke and the gases.

According to the invention the ducts necessary for directly evacuating the gases are disposed in such a manner that their lateral walls or their supporting elements form the longitudinal girders supporting the roof. These girders are supported at great distances apart on transverse curved beams in the case of train sheds or on walls in the case of locomotive sheds.

The hereinafter described ducts may be composed of metal, reinforced concrete, or any other desired material calculated to withstand the corroding action of the gases. According to another object of the invention the ducts may communicate by means of several conduits with a collector, wherein a predetermined rarefaction is maintained, each of the conduits being controlled by a register.

Our invention is fully described in the following specification and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which the separate elements are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper part of a train-shed constructed according to our invention and wherein some of the elements are sectioned,

Figure 2 is a transverse section through a train shed.

Figure 3 is a variation of Figure 1.

Figure 4: shows a fragmentary elevation of a train shed with a central collector.

Figure 5 is a transverse section through a locomotive shed.

In the said drawings, we have shown a train shed comprising an arched roof provided with longitudinally arranged ducts 2 disposed over the tracks and serving for smoke, gases, vapors and vitiated air to pass outward into the open air. The lateral walls 1 of these ducts form the girders on which bears the roof that can be otherwise suitably supported. According to Figure 2, the longitudinal ducts 2, disposed over the tracks communicate upwards with the open air by means of a central common passage 5. According to Fig. 3, the longitudinal ducts 2 communicate with the open air by means of a plurality of chimneys 3, disposed at some distance from each other along the shed.

According to Figure A, the ducts 2 disposed over twin tracks communicate at their upper part by means of conduits 7 with a common collector 8 which extends the L length of the shed. The conduits 7 are provided with valves or registers 9 permitting the regulation of the draughts of air formed by the rarefaction existing in the collector 8. The latter preferably has the form of a. trough, at one end of which an exhaust fan is located, and it is the operation of this fan which creates the rare-faction in the collector referred to above. The valves or registers 9 obviously control the extent of such rarefaction according to the position to which they are moved in the conduits 7. their adjustment being effected by means of chains or the like operated from a foot bridge 10 or from the floor. The fan and the valves 9 may be of any suitable type and in themselves form no partof the invention, for which reason further description of their structural details is considered unnecessary. According to Fig. 5, the ducts disposed over each of the tracks and extending the length of the shed, are supported on one side on the cross-beam of the doors and on the other side on the end wall the shed,

It will be apparent that many modifications of the same may be made in order to accomplish the desired results and reserving the right, to all such changes and modifications of the form shown and described.

l Vhat weclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A train shed or the like, having a roof whicl-r' is provided witli' a pair of longitudinal ducts for, evacuating gases ,vapors, an d. smoke, said "ducts'being arranged in spaced relation to each other andleach paralleling and directly overlying a train track; a col lector disposed! between said; ducts .and; in regulatable communication with the upper parts thereofata pointslalong-eits length; and means for creatingapredetermined; rarefaction in said collector.-

2.. 1. A1 train: shed or the, like; having, a: roof which is provided with a painof ,-longitudi-v nal ducts. for. evacuating gases,v vapors and smoke, said ducts-being arranged, in; sp 358d; relation, to each other and-each paralleling and-direetly-- overlying. a; train track a, col-I. Y lec-tordisposed: between said duets means-- forcreating ;a predetermined rare/faction inthe collector a: plurality; OiEi'cOItdHitS leading; fronrlopposite SlQlQSEOfKSEDiQl COlIQCtOFv to said ducts; to; establish communicationbetweenl the same; a and I adjust able valvessin said; con-.- dllltSxtO control such communication.

3. v A train shed. on the.-.- like, comprising: longitudinal; ducts, coextensive; in length with the shed, for evacuating gaseeavapm'ss and: smoke whichi ducts are, arranged; in.- sp ac edi relation to .one fidflfilll-lQi-x and each; of; which parallels and directly overlies a trainer track; saidgductsrembodyingspaice-d;parallel side; Walls forming longitudinal girders; on; their upper edges, of. which; the lOQfl' of the: shed:diare'ctlysrestsi, v

.lrLAztIfllIliShBdflO-I' the likeyhav-ingga roof,- wh'ichl: is provided with a.= pairaofi longitu? dinal 1' ducts for; evacuating-gases; vaporsv and l smokesaid; ducts being a-rranaged"irrispacedf relation to: veach other: and? each: paralleling and directly overlying a train track; and a longitudinal outlet chamber disposed between and parallel with both ducts and in communication with the same, said chamber also communicating with the atmosphere.

5; A traimshledior the likeacormipu'isiing a pluralityof longitudinal ducts, coextensive, in length with the shed, for evacuating gases; vapors and smoke, which" ducts" are varranged.inpairs,inlspaced.relation to each other, each duct paralleling and directly overlying a train.track; and a longitudinal outlet chamber individual to each pair of ducts and diSpOsedHbetWeen-theesame inxipare al-lel erelatioir thereto; andin lcommunication therewith ,-v eaehi chamber: also: communicating: with thesat1n0spl1ereg the, lateral Walls 0t sai d--.ductsforming thelongitudin al 1 gird ers s whereon the; root? ofs the shedrdiiree-tl-y rests: v 6. A-Vtrain; shed .-or& the; like; comprising; a. plurality, I of longitudinal ducts; coextensive length-l with, the, shed, for: evacuatin-g;

gases, vapors and smoke,whichducts arezm' arrangediin pairsrin xspaced-vrelatioiaz to: each: other;, each duct: paralleling-and directly: overlyinga: train I track; a. longitudinal.- c'hamb'er individual to; each; pair: orrdiictsa and. disposedi-be-tween. and parallel with the; 7 same; means for creating a predetermined! rareifa'ctioni in (said e chambers; a --,plurality "of conduits leadingqfrom opposite .sides; golf-leach. chamberv to; the I adjacente ducts to, establish commimieation therebetweenigv. and adjusts so abl'fir' devices sfOIf. controlling suchecommirnh cation; the lateral walls of said ducts form? ing the longi-tudinal' girders-whereonl the roof of the; sheddireetlyvrestss.

In; testimony; whereof I-Wer affix ou-ri signa: till-98a I OGTALXVEXBORGUET.

MAURIGE-4BQRGUETQ Fitnesses:

LEONARD LEVATW DEFFREKKE 

